Archive | Portside

January 20, 2024

DOL Rule To Curb Employer Misclassification of Workers

Heidi Shierholz Economic Policy Institute

US Department of Labor issued a rule to prevent employers from classifying workers as "independent contractors"

January 19, 2024

Dreams Need No Borders

Juliet Hinton

Mississippi poet Juliet Hinton writes of her dreams fulfilled, thanks to a good education.

January 19, 2024

For a Model of Working-Class Mass Organizing, Look to the CIO: An Interview With Steve Fraser

Benjamin Y. Fong Jacobin

A speaker at a podium with a full house of workers behind him and a huge banner CIO

The level of anti-capitalist sentiment in the US today hasn’t been seen since the 1930s. Labor radicals seized that moment to create the pivotal Congress of Industrial Organizations. We should take lessons from their achievements — and their misstep

Here.Is.Better. | Movie

January 19, 2024

The inspiring stories of four men and women military veterans overcoming the effects of PTSD with breakthrough new treatments.

How Close We've Come to Nuclear War

January 19, 2024

Some of the many times we have nearly blown up the world.

The Woman in the Wall | Dramatic Series

January 19, 2024

A woman wakes to discover a corpse in her home. The search for the truth winds through a 'Magdalene asylum' and many long-hidden secrets.

Explaining Trump to a Tourist

January 19, 2024

A foreign tourist asked me a couple days ago, “Please tell me, what the hell sir, is a Trump?”

Bernie Sanders: Congress Must Address Gaza Humanitarian Crisis

January 19, 2024

It shouldn't be controversial for Congress to ask for information on how U.S. arms are being used in Israel’s military campaign in Palestine.

January 19, 2024

Scientists Discover ‘Key Stepping Stone’ to the Origin of Life

Pandora Dewan Newsweek

Scientists have simulated the formation of fatty acids, a key component in the assembly of Earth's first cells, offering insight to the earliest moments of life on the planet and also how life might start on other planets.

January 19, 2024

Why Conspiracy Theories Are Corrosive to Social Movements — And What To Do About It

Shane Burley Waging Nonviolence

Antisemitic conspiracy theories on the fringe of the movement for a ceasefire in Gaza make it harder to effectively diagnose the problem and challenge power.